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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 15 



arranged so she will go out into a separate 

 yard, thus having all your layers at night by 

 themselves. Leg-bands of different colors 

 have been suggested in order that we may 

 give each hen credit without- being obliged 

 to catch her so as to read the number on her 

 leg-band. Weeding out the drones and keep- 

 ing only the good layers is going to be one 

 of the greatest strides in making poultry for 

 eggs a success. 



"THE MILLER SYSTEM OF POULTRY CULTURE." 



In Poultry Culture Monthly (published in 

 Syracuse, N.Y. ('"and read every where"), al- 

 most the first reading-article we find is a de- 

 scription of the Miller system as above. We 

 are told that a "special representative" had 

 heard so much of this "system" that he made 

 a visit to the place, and he takes two pages 

 to describe wnat he saw and was told. This 

 article is continued on two more pages in the 

 advertising part of the journal. The last 

 thing on the outside cover is the following 

 in the form of an advertisement : 



A good living for every man, woman, and child; the 

 secret of proper breeding; the key to success in the 

 poultry business finally solved by the Miller System. 



Is it worth your while to learn liow to make $3000 a 

 year from each 25 hens ? Is it ? 



Send a post card to-day for a copy of "The Why and 

 How of the Miller System and Its Guarantees" — a free 

 book of 11,809 words and 56 pages. Show the guaran- 

 tee to your lawyer. Test the system far enough to 

 form an opinion. If not satisfied lyou will be) notify 

 us within 30 days and we will send postage for return. 

 If satisfied you are to keep it, and by keeping it you in- 

 dicate your intention to be in the market for Miller 

 System supplies— which include the Miller System 

 non-clogging hygenic non-wasting hopper: the Miller 

 System automatic convertible nest; the Miller System 

 automatic combustion brooder; the Miller System 

 poultry food; the Miller System books— Volume I., 

 containing plans and directions for making all our de- 

 vices, coops, watering system, etc., and operating the 

 plant: Volume II., "Diseases and Remedies;" Volume 

 III., "Poultry Encyclopedia of Systems, Secrets, and 

 Facts." Each book 50 cents; all three with Poultry 

 Monthly, the "Miller System Official Organ," for one 

 year, $1.25. 



References— First National Bank, Binghamton, N.Y.; 

 Walter R. Miller & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.; Poultry 

 Success, Binghamton, N. Y.; Poultry Monthly, Syra- 

 cuse, and others on request. Address 



The Miller System, Binghamton, N. Y. 



The Philo system promised great things; 

 the Briggs system and the Grundy system 

 also made extravagant claims; but $3000 in 

 one year from 25 hens rather takes the cake 

 — don't you think so? Just as soon as I saw 

 the above advertisement I sent the money 

 for the three books; and although this was 

 over two weeks ago, all I have received at 

 the present time is an advertising pamphlet 

 entitled "The Why and How of the Miller 

 System and Its Guarantees." One thing 

 that particularly attracted my attention in 

 this advertisement is an apparatus and a sort 

 of fuel that will warm a brooder at an ex- 

 pense of "one-fourth of a cent a month." 

 When that gasoline-lamp was advertised in 

 our columns, to light up a big room for two 

 cents a week, I thought it was rather cheap 

 illumination; but one-fourth of a cent a 

 month, and the fuel needs to be replenished 

 only once in two months — why, it almost 

 takes one's breath away. They advertise a 

 lot of other wonderful things, and I propose 

 to give them the full benefit of our columns. 



If all they offer comes up to their claims they 

 certainly will be glad of the free advertising 

 I have given them; but if their things do not 

 prove as represented, the great poultry fam- 

 ily of the United States ought to "be glad" 

 for my prompt warning. 



On page 31 of the advertising pamphlet is 

 the following : 



At the present time this system enables any man or 

 woman to net $3000 a year from the scientific care of 

 25 hens. 



Whew ! what a wonderful blessing this 

 will be to several million men and women ! 

 Just think of it — a net income of $3000 with 

 only 25 hens to start with ! 



I almost forgot to say that I have written 

 to the "Miller System," and also to the editor 

 of Poultry Culture Monthly. The editor of 

 the latter replies that the Miller folks are so 

 crowded with orders that they are away be- 

 hind with their book; not a word, however, 

 from the people to whom I sent the money. 



CRIMSON CLOVER FOR CHICKENS ; FIRELESS BROODERS, 

 ETC. 



Mr. Root: — I have been an interested reader of your 

 columns for several years, and particularly of your 

 disclosures of poultry secrets. Such advertisements 

 will not down as long as the poultry world is flooded 

 with a lot of advertising mediums calling themselves 

 poultry journals. But tliat is not what I wished to tell 

 you. The best green food for chickens in winter is a 

 patch of crimson clover. Every one having a garden 

 can sow crimson-clover seed after the vegetables are 

 removed, and they can either pull the clover or Let the 

 chickens at it for a few hours each day. It will do '..-.o 

 chickens good and the garden more good, and thtj cost 

 would be only $2.00 for the winter — that is, half a'biish- 

 el of seed. l 



I had remarkable success with the fireless brooders 

 this season, using them in the small Philo coops, 

 which I moved to fresh grass every two days. For the 

 first ten days I use a Root hot-water brooder where 

 the chicks get heat and fresh air, and have no trouble 

 with them after they graduate from that; but using the 

 fireless from the start demands too close attention. I 

 am also looking after 40 colonies of bees. 



Keswick, Va., Oct. 21. B. S. Horne. 



HIGH-PRESSURE 

 GARDENING 



By A. I. Root 



"PLANT CATALPA-TREES FOR PROFIT." 



The above is the title of a very pretty lit- 

 tle pamphlet sent out by Mr. C. E. Rogers, of 

 Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Mr. Rogers has 150 

 acres planted to catalpas. I believe he grows 

 them mostly for telephone-poles; and this 

 pamphlet contains pictures of trees planted' 

 only three years ago that look as if they were 

 almost large enough for telephone-poles al- 

 ready. The catalpa is not only one of the 

 most rapid-growing trees known, but the 

 timber is hard enough to make ax-helves, 

 and we are told fence-posts are now in use 

 that have done good service for 85 years, 

 and are still sound. One reason why you 

 should have this booklet is that traveling 

 salesmen have sold a worthless variety of 

 catalpa to farmers all over the land. Mr. 

 Rogers, when he first commenced, got swin- 

 dled in this way to the extent of 2000 trees. 

 Alter four years of fussing with them he dug 



